Vaal Cleave

For the non-Vaal counterpart, see Cleave.

Vaal Cleave is a Vaal melee attack that deals damage with all equipped weapons to enemies in a 180 degree arc in front of the player. When dual wielding, equipment requirement applies to both weapons, and each weapon does reduced damage. Requires an axe, sword, two-handed axe, or two-handed sword.

Skill functions and interactions

• Attack Speed: When dual wielding attack speed is averaged between the two weapons.
• Dual Wielding:
  • If the player's weapons have different critical strike chance values, it is possible for one weapon to get a critical strike when the other doesn't. It is also possible to miss with only one of the weapons swung. The decrease in damage while dual wielding is multiplicative and applies to all damage bonuses.
  • Two hits are calculated separately (one from each weapon) and then combined into one unique hit/stack (damaging ailments).

This skill has a culling strike effect. Killing a Rare or Unique Enemy with a hit will grant a buff that causes regular Cleave to have 60% more AOE, deal 60% more Cleave Damage to enemies on Low Life, and grants Culling Strike with Cleave.

Killing a Rare Enemy will also steal its monster modifiers for a duration (similar to HeadhunterHeadhunter
Leather BeltRequires Level 40+(25-40) to maximum Life+(40-55) to Strength
+(40-55) to Dexterity
+(50-60) to maximum Life
(20-30)% increased Damage with Hits against Rare monsters
When you Kill a Rare monster, you gain its Modifiers for 60 seconds"A man's soul rules from a cavern of bone, learns and
judges through flesh-born windows. The heart is meat.
The head is where the Man is."
- Lavianga, Advisor to Kaom). Both the Cleave buff and the monster modifiers can be scaled with modifiers to duration, at the cost of increasing Soul Gain Prevention.

Gem level progression

Level				Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	1	0	0	200%	200%	0	0
2	2	0	0	210.5%	210.5%	70	70
3	4	0	0	221.1%	221.1%	308	378
4	7	0	14	231.6%	231.6%	1554	1932
5	11	0	19	242.1%	242.1%	6667	8599
6	16	18	26	252.6%	252.6%	26047	34646
7	20	22	31	263.2%	263.2%	49725	84371
8	24	25	37	273.7%	273.7%	95714	180085
9	28	29	42	284.2%	284.2%	169595	349680
10	32	33	47	294.7%	294.7%	283759	633439
11	36	36	52	305.3%	305.3%	453996	1087435
12	40	40	58	315.8%	315.8%	703128	1790563
13	44	44	63	326.3%	326.3%	1061223	2851786
14	48	48	68	336.8%	336.8%	2065870	4917656
15	52	51	74	347.4%	347.4%	2507110	7424766
16	56	55	79	357.9%	357.9%	5798936	13223702
17	60	59	84	368.4%	368.4%	15083919	28307621
18	64	62	90	378.9%	378.9%	27792735	56100356
19	67	65	94	389.5%	389.5%	43869739	99970095
20	70	68	98	400%	400%	242081556	342051651
21	72	70	100	410.5%	410.5%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	N/A	421.1%	421.1%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	N/A	431.6%	431.6%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	N/A	442.1%	442.1%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	N/A	452.6%	452.6%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	N/A	463.2%	463.2%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	N/A	473.7%	473.7%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	N/A	484.2%	484.2%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	N/A	494.7%	494.7%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	N/A	505.3%	505.3%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	N/A	510.5%	510.5%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	N/A	515.8%	515.8%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	N/A	521.1%	521.1%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	N/A	526.3%	526.3%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	N/A	531.6%	531.6%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	N/A	536.8%	536.8%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	N/A	542.1%	542.1%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	N/A	547.4%	547.4%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	N/A	552.6%	552.6%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	N/A	557.9%	557.9%	N/A	N/A

Gem quality

Type	Additional Effects per 1-20% Quality	Weight
Superior	+0.1 metres to radius per Nearby Enemy, up to a maximum of +1 metre	1

Item acquisition

Vaal Cleave has restrictions on where or how it can drop. Vaal Cleave can drop from the Vaal Vessels found in Vaal side areas, or by corrupting CleaveCleaveAttack, AoE, Physical, Melee
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 6 Mana
Attack Speed: 80% of base
Attack Damage: (125-237)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (125-237)%
AoE Radius: 20The character swings their weapon (or both weapons if dual wielding) in an arc, damaging monsters in an area in front of them. Only works with Axes and Swords.When Dual Wielding, Deals 60% Damage from each Weapon combined
(2-75) to (3-113) Added Attack Physical Damage
+(0-1) metre to radius

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
+0.1 metres to radius per Nearby Enemy, up to a maximum of +1 metrePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..

Recipes

Vaal Cleave can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description	Meta
9	Volatile PowerVolatile Power9Vaal Gem Quality: +20% CorruptedUnlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it.	Random corrupted Vaal gem with 20% quality	A
1	The VoidThe Void1Reach into the Void and claim your prize.	Random divination card set exchange	A

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Vaal Cleave.

Note that helmet enchantments are no longer obtainable since version 3.23.0 and can only be obtained in permanent leagues as already enchanted items from before this patch.

Name		Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Cleave Attack Speed 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	10% increased Cleave Attack Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Cleave Attack Speed 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	15% increased Cleave Attack Speed	helmet 100
Enchantment Cleave Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	25% increased Cleave Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Cleave Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	40% increased Cleave Damage	helmet 100
Enchantment Cleave Area Of Effect 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	16% increased Cleave Area of Effect	helmet 100
Enchantment Cleave Area Of Effect 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	24% increased Cleave Area of Effect	helmet 100

Alternate skill effects

Vaal Cleave has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Demon Hand Cleave EffectDemon Hand Cleave EffectSkill Gem EffectYour Cleave becomes a swiping, demonic claw.	Your Cleave becomes a swiping, demonic claw.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.20.0	Introduced to the game.